Thanks for stopping by the Official OWOM Myspace page. We are glad to be able to provide you with info on both new releases put together by Mr. Howe Gelb, Giant Sand, Rainer Ptacek and Kate Maki. Visit owomrecords.com !!
LATEST RELEASE
“Originally released in 2008”
1. Ballad of the Tucson 2 (inst.)
2. Dear Diary
3. Saturation
4. The New Romance of Falling
5. Love Knows (No Borders)
6. Dead Horse Blues
7. World's End Park Bench
8. Harping Stomp
9. Shine on the Piano
10. Ok
11. Greyer on the Way
12. Ballad of the Tucson 2
“Release date: June 1, 2008”
1. Conditioned Air
2. Ranch Hand
3. Excursion Without Your Ilk
4. Tangulation
5. Not Having A Brother Jacob
6. Loop With Air Conditioning
7. Random Stillness Then Flame And Go
8. Loss And Its Hold On Us
9. Denmark Stunningly Soaked
10. B Flat Or Be Gone
11. The Original Unconditional Air
12. Alone And Nested Drone
13. Excursion With Fine Cluster
14. The Laughter Of A Small Bird
15. Spider Smoke
16. Cake Baked In The Sand
17. Ac Hum And Response
18. Lurid Involvement
19. Creating Your Likeness By Candlelight
20. Excursion Disruption
21. The End Again
Kate Maki : On High
1. Highway
2. Blue Morning
3. Wanted Ads
4. White Noise
5. To Please
6. Message Forgot
7. Badminton Racquet
8. Beyond The Sun
9. We Are Gone
10. Don’t Look Down
11. On A String
Canadian alt-folk singer Kate Maki will release her third album “On High” February 12th, 2008 on OW OM in the United States, Confusion Unlimited in Canada, and Saved By Vinyl worldwide. Co-produced by Kate and Tucson, Arizona phenomenon Howe Gelb (Giant Sand), the album was recorded live off the floor by Dave Draves (Julie Doiron) at Little Bullhorn Studios in Ottawa, Ontario over a period of five days in March 2007. There are 11 new songs featuring Howe on piano and electric guitar, Dave on optigan and organ, Dale Murray (Buck 65) on pedal steel and acoustic guitar, and Nathan Lawr (Royal City) on drums and piano. All four musicians also lent their vocals to what are being described as Kate’s strongest songs to date. Previous releases: “The Sun Will Find Us” (2004) and “Confusion Unlimited” (2003)
Pre-order the cd and it will be shipped on release day!
(prices include shipping)
$18 US
$22 Worldwide
RELEASED NOV 12, 2007
Rainer: The Westwood Sessions Vol 1
1. Voodoo Music
2. Mellow Down Easy
3. Wayfaring Stranger
4. Backwater Blues
5. Mush Mind Blues
6. All Done In
7. Fear
8. Just A Little Bit
9. Zealots Serve Dogmas (Acoustic)
10. Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven
11. Zealots Serve Dogmas
12. I Am A Sinner
OW OM Finished Recorded Products presents Rainer: The Westwood Sessions Volume I. The first of three volumes, we consider these timeless recordings far too precious to be heard by just a lucky handful.
Ten years after his passing, and twenty years after these marathon recording sessions took place, what is captured here is an astounding picture of Rainer in 1987. Self assured, powerful, and brimming with confidence, Rainer is accompanied by his band Das Combo, consisting of bassist Nick Augustine and drummer Bruce Halper. Session producer Eric Westfall also joins in with various instrumental colors.
Presumably, tracks from these sessions were intended as a follow-up to the 1984 album Barefoot Rock with... Rainer And Das Combo, but the tapes were shelved as Rainer moved on in other directions. His next release would not come until 1992 with the purely solo album Worried Spirits.
Taken directly from the original two track master tapes and carefully prepared for their first official release, these recordings are nothing short of stunning.
While there are many highlights to relish here, the closing pieces “Zealots Serve Dogmas” and “I Am A Sinner” (only hinted at on the 1993 album The Texas Tapes) are poised to become the new high water mark of Rainer’s prolific cannon.
“these unearthed tapes were recorded in the best studio tucson had to offer at the time and were recently rediscovered and dusted off properly by jim blackwood. and so now, with its scorching tumble, we all get to stumble into celebrating rainer, with this joyous sonic soar that soothes the sorrow of his death 10 years ago. he was my best friend. he was my brother. and he taught without really teaching.”
-- howe gelb
We're excited to announce that the new Meanwhiles record Slow Motion Summer in all it's bleary-eyed, indie-rock glory is now printed, packaged, produced, posted online, and in all ways.. available.
The CD features Alan Weatherhead playing pedal steel guitar and orchestral samples on “Whenever You Need Me,” and Nadine Khouri singing subway-tunnel echoed vocals on “Dreams From the Underground.”
Limited edition, hand painted CDs by Todd Allen, standard CDs in cases, high quality MP3 downloads and free listens available on our myspace page or at Meanwhiles.com through PayPal.
Those of you in NY can pick up a copy this Sunday at Rebar in DUMBO, Brooklyn where Todd and I will be playing an intimate set at 8pm.
Got some good things planned for the near future… videos, tours, collaborations, live MP3s, and new songs begging to be recorded. Check out Meanwhiles.com for details…
Thank you as always. We hope you can take a listen.
NAIM AMOR BACKED UP BY THE GOLDEN BOOTS WILL OPEN FOR DEVOTCHKA.
Aug 16
Harlows (w/DEVOTCHKA)Sacramento, CA
Aug 17
The Independent (w/DEVOTCHKA)San Francisco, CA
Aug 18
The Troubadour (w/DEVOTCHKA) Los Angeles, CA
Aug 19
The Casbah (w/DEVOTCHKA) San Diego, CA
Aug 20
Club Congress (w/DEVOTCHKA) Tucson, AZ
could howe please play in AMERICA some time? come to sacramento or placerville or nevada city. it will be worth the fuel i swear it! northern california is ready after all these years.
Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest.
~Friedrich Nietzsche
